Quick Summary: Surender Singh asked the court to stop the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) from investigating him, saying the process wasn't fair. The High Court of Delhi decided not to stop the investigation but did agree to change the person leading the investigation because they might be biased.
On November 20, 2025, the High Court of Delhi heard the case of Surender Singh, who was accused of sexual harassment. The ICC was set up to look into these claims. Surender Singh's lawyer, Dr. S S Hooda, argued that the complaint was too old and that the ICC was not being fair.
Dr. Hooda argued that the complaint was too old to be considered. He mentioned a Supreme Court decision from September 12, 2025, which says time limits should be taken into account. However, the court said that deciding this was up to the ICC.
The ICC was using a charge-sheet that had been canceled by a court order on May 17, 2023. Dr. Hooda said this showed unfairness. The court disagreed, saying that using invalid information could be questioned later.
Dr. Hooda was worried that witnesses might be coached because the ICC let them talk to each other before being questioned. The court said that these proceedings are not as strict as criminal trials and didn't see this as a reason to stop the ICC.
The hearings were done online, which Dr. Hooda claimed might lead to coaching witnesses. However, the court found that the rules allowed for video calls in some cases and that the ICC was following these rules.
A big issue was that the person leading the investigation was married to a witness. The court agreed this could be biased and told the department to change the officer.
This was the ninth time Surender Singh had challenged the process, according to the other side. The court didn't give an opinion on this claim but mentioned it in the decision.
The court, led by Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla, rejected the request to stop the investigation. They made it clear that they hadn't decided whether Surender Singh was guilty or not.
Surender Singh can still bring up these issues if the ICC's decision goes against him, but for now, the ICC will keep going with a new person in charge.
